A method of controlling an autonomous vehicle includes: under control of a processor, acquiring, using a communication unit, a signal indicative of connection between the autonomous vehicle and a trailer; activating an autonomous driving based on the signal; learning a speed-specific acceleration pattern of the autonomous vehicle based on the activated autonomous driving; determining overloading by comparing and analyzing the learned acceleration pattern with a preset normal pattern; and determining whether to maintain the activated autonomous driving based on a result of the determination on the overloading.

The present disclosure relates to a method, an apparatus, a medium, and a device for processing vehicle data. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, a vehicle mounted server on each vehicle in a platoon can determine a position of the vehicle based on position information and parameter value information of one or more specified kinematic parameters transmitted by another vehicle mounted server on a vehicle in front of the vehicle and determined parameter value information of one or more specified relative pose parameters between the vehicle where the vehicle mounted server is located and the vehicle in front of the vehicle where the vehicle mounted server is located. In this way, as the position of the leading can be determined accurately, the position of each following vehicle can also be determined accurately despite presence of a blind area when its forward field of view is blocked.

Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to navigating a trailer after the physical connection between a vehicle and trailer disconnects. In one embodiment, a method includes responsive to determining that a physical connection between a vehicle and a trailer has disconnected, determining trajectory information for navigating the trailer without a connection to the vehicle. The method includes communicating the trajectory information to the trailer to cause the trailer to follow a trajectory associated with the vehicle. The method includes monitoring whether the trailer is following the trajectory.

The present disclosure provides a method of controlling a towing mode of an vehicle, which may easily charge a battery of a towed vehicle by allowing a motor of the towed vehicle to output a charging torque for charging the battery and allowing a motor of the towed vehicle to output a creep torque or a regenerative braking torque capable of charging the battery even upon deceleration traveling together with a compensation control of increasing engine output power of a towing vehicle compared to default output power upon acceleration and constant speed traveling by selecting one of an eco-towing mode, a power towing mode, and a target charging towing mode for charging the battery of the towed vehicle when the towing vehicle, which is a hybrid electric vehicle, tows the towed vehicle, which is an electric vehicle or a hybrid electric vehicle.

A hybrid electric vehicle includes an engine for driving, a motor for driving, a power storage device that is configured to exchange power with the motor, and a controller that is programmed to control the engine and motor to travel with the engine running in towing mode. The controller is programmed to permit the towing mode when the towing mode is indicated and a state of charge of the power storage device is higher than a threshold value, and the controller is programmed to prohibit the towing mode when the towing mode is indicated and the state of charge is lower than or equal to the threshold value.

The disclosure relates to a method for assisting a towing vehicle in the event of a loss of traction via a trailer vehicle. The method includes determining a differential slip between a driven wheel and a driveless wheel of the towing vehicle via a brake control unit and generating an acceleration demand dependent on the determined differential slip. The method further includes transmitting the acceleration demand to a trailer brake control unit, generating an activation signal for an electric drive of the trailer vehicle in dependence upon the acceleration demand in the trailer brake control unit, transmitting an activation signal to the electric drive of the trailer vehicle and generating a drive torque via the electric drive in dependence upon the activation signal. The disclosure furthermore relates to a towing vehicle, a trailer vehicle, and a combination thereof for carrying out the method.

Method and systems for displaying vehicle range and remaining energy to a driver is disclosed that includes a nominal range, based on a battery state of charge, and a dynamic range, based on the battery state of charge and a vehicle characteristic. The range indicator may be a linear battery icon that presents the nominal range as a first display element and the dynamic range as a second display element. The first display element may comprise a first bar length of a faded color and the second display element may comprise a second bar length of a full color.

Methods and systems are provided for controlling towing of a trailer by a vehicle. Sensors are configured to at obtaining sensor data pertaining to the vehicle and the trailer. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium is configured to store parameters that include dimensions pertaining to the vehicle, the trailer, or hitching of the trailer to the vehicle via a hitch. A processor is coupled to the sensors and to the non-transitory computer readable storage medium, and is configured to at least facilitate determining when instability of the trailer is likely to occur at a future time, using the sensor data and the parameters from the non-transitory computer readable storage medium; and taking vehicle actions, in accordance with instructions provided by the processor, when it is determined that the instability of the trailer is likely to occur at the future time.

A system and method for a vehicle having a traction battery, an electric machine, and a secondary power source, such as an engine, operate the electric machine and secondary power source to sustain a state of charge (SOC) of the traction battery when the SOC is either: a) below a first threshold and above a second threshold; or b) below a third threshold; and to deplete the SOC of the traction battery when the SOC is between the second and the third thresholds in response to detecting an operating condition associated with high Amp-hour (Ah) throughput of the traction battery, such as towing a trailer. The system and method operate the electric machine and the secondary power source to deplete the SOC when the SOC is above the third threshold and sustain the SOC when the SOC is below the third threshold when the condition is not detected.

An electronically controlled cruise control system for motor vehicles, in which during a first closed-loop control operation the vehicle speed is set to a predetermined speed and/or during a second closed-loop control operation, whilst a desired distance from a vehicle in front is maintained, the speed is subjected to open- or closed-loop control, and, in order to reach and/or maintain the predetermined speed and/or the desired distance from the vehicle in front, a maximum acceleration of the vehicle is permitted. The maximum permitted acceleration is predetermined in accordance with a presence signal from a presence detection system of a trailer coupling attached to the vehicle.